Mike Amesbury's jailing has sparked "enormous pressure" for a by-election in his Runcorn and Helsby constituency, said Sky's chief political correspondent Jon Craig, with Labour hoping to see off a threat from Reform UK.

Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury has been jailed for 10 weeks for punching a man following a row in the street, and taunting “you won’t threaten your MP again will you?”.

A British lawmaker who punched out a constituent in the street while in a drunken rage was sentenced Monday to 10 weeks in prison. Mike Amesbury, 55, a member of Parliament who was suspended by the ruling center-left Labour Party after the altercation last year.

A British lawmaker was sentenced to 10 weeks in prison on Monday for punching one of his constituents after a night out, raising the prospect he could be ousted from parliament and trigger an electoral test for the governing Labour Party.

The jailing of Mike Amesbury, a former member of the Labour party, opens up the possibility of a by-election in the constituency of Runcorn and Helsby. View on euronews

Mike Amesbury is the member of parliament for Runcorn and Helsby in England, serving as an independent since his suspension from the governing Labour Party. Why was he suspended? Because he punched one of his constituents in an act of "unprovoked drunken behaviour,